Why Use Waste Collection Services?

Posted on 17th May 2018

The UK produces 400 million tonnes of waste every year – keeping waste collection services working hard! Strategic business waste management saves time, effort and costs. It also ensures that waste is dealt with in a responsible, cost-effective manner.

Who invented the wheelie bin?

Bet you’ve never spared much of a thought for the omnipresent, mundane wheelie bin… but did you know that the modern plastic wheelie bin was invented in Slough in the late 1960s?

A Health and Safety Inspector spotted the invention and saw its potential to reduce back injuries long-suffered by waste collection services workers, who would have to lift the wheel-less, heavy metal bins that were common at the time.

Businesses who can benefit from waste collection services

Although almost all businesses produce waste of some kind, certain industries produce types of waste that are more difficult to dispose of. Using a professional waste collection service will ensure that your waste is disposed of legally and correctly, without you having to worry about it.

Examples of business waste that’s more difficult to get rid of includes:

Stay on the clean side of the law

Ensure that waste is recovered or disposed of without endangering human health

Prevent causing harm to the environment

Take appropriate measures to encourage the prevention or reduction of waste production

Encourage the recovery of waste by means of recycling or re-using

If your business has an annual turnover of £2 million or more and handles more than 50 tonnes of packaging material, you will fall under the ‘obligated’ packaging producer category. And example under this frameworks is the pre-treatment regulations, which require that businesses pre-treat any non-hazardous waste sent to landfill.